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New 2012 Toyota FT-86 sports coupe

Like its ancestor, the concept study is 2012 Toyota FT-86 on the classic layout with front engine and rear-wheel drive. With the proportions of a long, flat hood is cut up front wheel arches and the far-drawn cab to the rear of the 2012 Toyota FT-86 is a tribute to Toyota’s sports car history.The FT-86 II is geared fully with its distinctive curved lines and to all functional requirements, while Toyota developed using the aerodynamics of Formula 1 technology.

2012 Toyota FT-86 in show room

Toyota’s European design center ED ? refers to the concept as “functional beauty”. The flat, thoroughbred body is stretched tightly over the chassis and engine and came with a length of only 4.235 meters and 1.795 meters wide and 1.270 meters above sea level compact has special, but on a long wheelbase of 2.570 meters.At the front, sleek headlights stand out like a predator waiting for its prey, while the 2012 Toyota FT-86 large cooling air inlet to the asphalt would devour almost. Muscular work is also the flanks.

2012 Toyota FT-86 Body Kit

Like a predator curve to the 2012 Toyota FT-86crouches on the road. The vehicle body works through an aerodynamic shape and even visually suggests a strong forward movement and a low center of gravity. Optimize the handling at high speeds, a rear spoiler and a large diffuser in which the Japanese, the 2012 Toyota FT-86 two exhaust tailpipes integrated.

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2012 Toyota Prius City Car

Toyota has introduced an updated version of its hybrid Prius, which has changed the exterior, two new variants of the exterior, the optional 17-inch wheels, retouched interior, an extensive list of equipment, as well as recustomized steering and stiffer suspension 2012 Toyota Prius.

Updated Toyota Prius 2012 model year, easily distinguished by a different front bumper with enlarged and additional foglights, integrated into the rear-view mirror turn signals, as well as leading optics with LED sections and modified rear lights.

New 2012 model Toyota Prius Luxury car

Inside, 2012 Toyota Prius boasts improved upholstery materials, new center armrest between the front seats and entertainment system Touch & Go Plus with a six-inch touch screen, which displays three-dimensional image navigation systems, as well as on-board computer data and audio.In the motion updated 2012 Toyota Prius still leads a hybrid, combining a 1.8-liter gasoline engine power 99 hp and an electric motor, permitting additional 82 strength. Sales of new products in the European market will start in the 2012 Toyota Prius first quarter of this year at a price of 27 500 euros.

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Toyota NS4 ConceptOn The Road

As part of the Detroit Motor Show 2012, Toyota showed the new hybrid concept NS4, which should define the development of design ideas for future models of the Japanese auto giant.

Toyota NS4 Concept Luxury car

The focus of the Toyota NS4 Concept design has been given. Despite the four-door configuration of the body, the Toyota NS4 Concept turned stocky and athletic, which especially contributed to the taillights and food in general.

Toyota NS4 ConceptFront View

Unfortunately, representatives of Toyota NS4 Concept decided not to disclose any information regarding the powertrain used in NS4. The only thing that has become known – installed on hybrid batteries can be recharged from a household outlet Toyota NS4 Concept.

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In Japan, recently started production of a new 2011 Toyota Aqua Prius C TRD Tuning, which is the world market will be sold under the name Prius C. Recall that the movement causes a novelty hybrid propulsion system of the 1.5-liter gasoline engine and electric motor which is powered by a lithium-ion batteries. Another two packages for 2011 Toyota Aqua Prius C TRD Tuning prepared tuning studio Modellista. In fact, they also include a kit with alternative bumpers and door sills. The technical part of the same hybrid remained intact.

2011 Toyota Aqua Prius C TRD Tuning Body Kit

World premiere of 2011 Toyota Aqua Prius C TRD Tuning took place in early December at the motor show in Tokyo, 2011, and several companies have already developed a package of improvements for new items. The first proposes his own division of Toyota Racing Development (TRD). The kit includes a new aerodynamic ensure the front bumper, side “skirts”, spoiler, and modified rear bumper with diffuser and chrome-plated tailpipes of the exhaust system. The 2011 Toyota Aqua Prius C TRD Tuning program also includes the installation of improvements mnogospitsevyh alloy wheels, suspension with new shock absorbers, and in the cabin – the big red button to start the engine.

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2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe  has officially unveiled its version of the compact rear-wheel drive coupe, which was built in collaboration with specialists from Subaru. The European version was named new 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe, while the analogue for internal Japanese market called simply “86″. Recall that the history of the model began in 2009 with a display at the Tokyo Motor Show Concept 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe, and this spring in Geneva, the Japanese automaker showed the FT-86 II Concept, which proved to be most similar to the production version of the sports car.

2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe in show room

In addition, it was recently declassified and also Coupe Subaru BRZ – both cars will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, which will begin on November 30. A novelty in the North American market will be offered under the name Scion FR-S. Of their dimensions, the new 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe is the most compact four-seater (a landing formula 2 +2) sports car to date, its length is 4240 mm, height – 1285 mm, width – 2570 mm. Under the hood is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with 200 hp and develops a maximum torque of 205 Nm at 6600 r / min. Is transmitted to the rear wheels through a six-speed mechanics and limited slip differential. But the option is also available six-speed automatic transmission with manual shift 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe.

 2012 Toyota GT 86 Sports Coupe

The company tried to power unit as low as possible, so that the center tyazheski 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe is at a height of 475 mm. A weight distribution along the axes of the car is 53:47 in favor of a new rear wheel drive chassis peredney.In 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe is used in the front McPherson, and back. The basic 17-inch wheels, while the version for the Japanese market 18-inch set diski.Dannyh the timing of initiation of sales and new items of value are not available 2012 Toyota GT 86 Coupe.

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In early December of this year, automakers Toyota and BMW signed a partnership agreement under which the Japanese automaker will offer its hybrid technology New Toyota Auris in exchange for access to the Bavarian diesel four-cylinder working volume of 1.6 and 2.0. According to British publication Autocar, referring to sources in sobstennye Toyota, the first model of the Japanese company, which is under the hood will be installed German diesel engine will be a hatchback Toyota Auris next generation.

New Toyota Auris for 2014

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Along with its closest competitors, Toyota is preparing for the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011 the whole concept and a scattering of new 2011 Toyota Prius C. Naturally, the leitmotif of all the prime is the low emissions and high fuel efficiency.One of the major innovations will be a smaller version of the popular Prius hybrid hatchback, which will get the title by letter 2011 Toyota Prius C. It is expected that the novelty of their dimensions will be similar to the model Yaris. In this case, the design of the new 2011 Toyota Prius C is completely original and has nothing to do with his “older brother” or with other models.

2011 Toyota Prius C Luxury Car

2011 Toyota Prius C be equipped with a hybrid setup consisting of a 1.5-liter gasoline engine and a small electric motor. As the main transmission is selected CVT. What power gives a power plant is not reported, but the representatives of Toyota assures that fuel consumption will not exceed the mark of 2.9 liters per 100 kilometers.In addition to the 2011 Toyota Prius C, the Japanese automaker will tell at home Motor Show the production version of a sports coupe rear-wheel drive Toyota FT-86 concept sedan FCV-R, an electric version of “baby” 2011 Toyota Prius C and the most futuristic concept – Fun-Vii.

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The 2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid was rated “Best choice for security” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tests at. The rating of “Best choice for safety” is the word the highest security to be awarded by the IIHS.This integration of active safety features is designed to protect occupants in helping the driver avoid accidents in the first place.

2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid Exotic Car

The range of models based on the Prius will be composed of several models, among which the Prius +, which corresponds to a hybrid multi-purpose vehicle, with seating for seven passengers. This model is expected to begin marketing the first half of 2012, which basically corresponds to a Prius with greater capacity.

2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid Family Car

Soon more information on this new range of models based on the hybrid Prius (Prii), meanwhile you can see live images obtained from the Geneva Auto Show.Already in the recent Detroit Auto Show, Toyota showed its intention to expand its range of hybrid models, based on the Prius, making a public appeal to choose it would be like the plural of Prius. Finally, the plural, is chosen by most Prii.

2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid Expensive Car

To be eligible for this rating, a vehicle must receive the highest rating (Good) in the frontal crash test, side and rear as well as reversal of the IIHS. It must also be equipped with electronic stability control. The Star Safety System includes control of the vehicle stability (VSC), Traction Control (TRAC), Anti-lock brake system (ABS), Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA) and stop intelligent technology (SST).

2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid Interior View

Every 2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid comes standard with seven airbags, seatbelts with pre-tensioners and force limiters and active head restraints to reduce whiplash front. In addition, all models 2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid comes standard Star Safety System.The Toyota Prius won the ecoENERGY every year since the model was launched for the 2001 model year.

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That is, suppose you high-quality driver D1 Grand Prix, the Japanese (just a few seconds, imagine this situation) Toyota Altezza Drift. Assume, for the 2004 season you were five of the seven rounds at D1GP coolest Silvia S15 in the history of the world. Thanks to his skill and support team HKS, at the end of the Toyota Altezza Drift fifth round you have managed to avoid his main rival by six points. There is no doubt in the final triumph awaits you, just need to act according to his own derived formula for success. And then imagine, call management, and claims that your S15 was dismissed, but you have to pass two rounds remaining in the Toyota Altezza Drift. Shock! .. Think you can imagine the reaction of Nobuteru Taniguchi and his team on this news over. So, HKS Silvia S15 abandoned in favor of Toyota Altezza Drift.

Toyota Altezza Sports Drift Car

Toyota Altezza Drift in Japan is pretty solid reputation, but it is considered rather a performance-car, compared with its U.S. counterpart Lexus IS300. Japanese Toyota Altezza Drift inline four-cylinder engine is equipped with a 3S-GTE 2.0 liter, which supplied the second-generation Toyota MR2, so that problems finding parts for this machine is not. Some artists tuning brought this little engine to 500 horsepower. Yet we must admit:Toyota Altezza Drift in stock configuration does not even compare to the Silvia. In short, Toyota Altezza Drift – this is not Silvia. Only to the two cars can be compared, must spend a lot of man hours, not to mention the fact that the constructed Toyota Altezza Drift be closer to success Silvia S15 tuned by HKS.

Toyota Altezza Excellent Drift

Fortunately, the team of HKS resources are always in abundance. Of course, to his debut in the sixth round of the D1GP car was pretty well prepared. In an interview team has told us what was originally planned to take from the Toyota Altezza Drift only the chassis and build it on a fancy street car. However, because of stiff competition emerged suddenly had to change plans. In the end it was decided to fill the available car parts and HKS to increase engine displacement to 2.2 liters. New ball-bearing turbo GT2835 took the place of stock and provided 1.53 kg/cm2 pressure due to the Toyota Altezza Drift strong actuator and the boost controller EVC V. To control the fuel and ignition timing set computer F-Con V Pro D Jetro, which was connected to the Toyota Altezza Drift fuel pump from Bosch.

Toyota Altezza Drift BodyKit

The Toyota Altezza Drift result of these manipulations were gratifying 473 horsepower to the rear wheels. But the popular wisdom says: Drifting – it’s not just power. Perhaps the most significant role during the drifts often plays a suspension. The Toyota Altezza Drift easiest step in the work on the suspension was installing racks, complete with springs HKS Hipermax D and anti-roll bars from TRD, but because the guys still had to bring them up to match the preferences Taniguchi-san – a task far more higher level. Right before the sixth round of D1 Taniguchi wound training wheels on the Toyota Altezza Drift, so just to tell the team what needs to change before the start of training. Margin for error was not. The team tried to find the optimum height and the most fine-tune the Toyota Altezza Drift reception, complete with springs.

Toyota Altezza Drift Modified Car

The Toyota Altezza Drift tension was incredible – we almost could not even take pictures of all charms drift car.Bolee this Toyota Altezza Drift, of course, its exterior. There is such a law: Drift car can not be ugly. The truth, of course, can, but the path to cover car magazines like ours it will be closed. Ignoring the brightly colored stickers HKS tuning of Toyota Altezza Drift, you will notice that the machine is still black. Yes, we put on the cover of a black car, but you forget about it, just once look at the full body kit and wheels from HKS AVS Model 5. Kit will help the Toyota Altezza Drift at the highest speeds. On the back there is no purely decorative air intake – each serves as a cooling of a unit. In general, the resulting Toyota Altezza Drift produces quite a good impression, it is clear that it has the potential to spare. However, to our frustration, despite a lot of time and money that was spent on its tuning Toyota Altezza Drift and did not demonstrate their full capacities. During the qualifying round of the machine was unable to finish among the first sixteen. However, it is still to come – let’s see what happens Toyota Altezza Drift.

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2011 Toyota Prius Family Car

There were rumors about Toyota Prius MPV, but they may have proved unfounded. In Japanese magazine had appeared a color image of the future car, but later it became clear that that picture is in progress based on old graphics with Photoshop. But while the Japanese are exposed, it is not known what the fate of possible models 2011 Toyota Prius.

2011 Toyota Prius Exotic modern car

However, at one point had appeared and the teaser 2011 Toyota Prius. The main novelty is that the multi-purpose vehicle is to debut at the Auto Show in Detroit next January.2011 Toyota Prius MPV – which is said may be called Alpha – in fact a slightly larger version of the standard Prius.

2011 Toyota Prius Expensive Car

According to previous data the Japanese plan to market your Prius Hybrid minivan in 2011. As seen, the car will be seven seats, which means that there will be three lines. Interior space is substantially increased compared to the standard version of the Prius. The electric motor of the 2011 Toyota Prius will be powered by lithium-ion battery, the combined mass of the entire drive system will be lower than that in the current Prius.

2011 Toyota Prius Stylish Design

Meanwhile, before the Japanese edition of the Yomiuri were told that 2011 Toyota Prius currently under development based SUV version of the hybrid Prius. The potential of hybrid four-wheel drive will be added to the MPV model  2011 Toyota Prius (which is also quite powerful speculation since Toyota unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2007, its concept car Hybrid X).

2011 Toyota Prius Family Sedan

And if the models are released, we could expect that 2011 Toyota Prius will use a series of performance optimization technologies as a system to recover energy during braking, and any solar panels on the roof 2011 Toyota Prius.

2011 Toyota Prius Interior View

This 2011 Toyota Prius means that we can expect spacious interior with seating for seven. Almost certainly under the hood will be hidden 1.8-liter gasoline engine combined with an electric motor. Combined output should amount to 2011 Toyota Prius 134 HP.

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